By providing extensive onstage and offstage training, our ambitious program develops well-rounded artists who are prepared for any role. We produce three mainstage performances each year to which the entire campus and Greenville community are invited. Our program ranges from modern, classical, comedy, and tragedy, and we believe we do some of the best work in South Carolina. Our students collaborate with faculty and get involved in every aspect of the production, from costumes, set design and promotion to lighting and sound.

Major requirements

Our degree program provides a comprehensive foundation in theatre arts, providing training onstage and in the classroom. Learn with us:

Performance opportunities

If you're ready for the spotlight or interested in working behind the curtain, you won't find a shortage of opportunities. Perform at Furman.

Course sequence

With a program founded on the central principles of a liberal arts
education, we provide flexibility in how you can pursue a degree in our
department. Get started on your degree.

Experience Britain

Is there a better place to study theatre than the home of "The Bard?" Every year, our semester-long study away program takes majors and non-majors to the United Kingdom. In addition to seeing as many as 40 plays, you'll take classes with members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, visit historic sites like Dublin's Abbey Theatre, and attend shows on London's West End. Take a study away trip.

Connect with Admission

Furman is one of the nation's premier liberal arts and sciences universities. We offer our students The Furman Advantage—an over-arching approach to education that promises every student a four-year personalized pathway, a team of advisors and mentors, and the opportunity for an engaged learning experience that is tracked and integrated with the students' academic and professional goals.

Undergraduate Evening Studies provides adults the opportunity to receive an education from one of the premier liberal arts universities in the nation.

Whether you are starting or continuing your education, or have been away from the classroom for a few months or several years, our program provides many services to assist you with accomplishing your educational and professional goals.